A history of the United States . GA CAMPAIGN. 411 THE CHATTANOOGA CAMPAIGN. 518. Eastern Tennessee: Chickamauga. — While Grant wasoccupied about Vicksburg, important events were taking placein the eastern partof Tennessee. InJune, Rosecrans,who had beenmuch criticised forinactivity after thebattle of StoneRiver, broke up hisencampment in thevicinity of Murf rees-borough. Bragg wasa few miles tothe south, at Shel-byville, but wassoon forced to fallback on Chatta-nooga. Rosecransthen moved so fararound Braggs armyto the south thatthe Confederate com-mander deemed it prudent to evacuate Chattanoo
A history of the United States . GA CAMPAIGN. 411 THE CHATTANOOGA CAMPAIGN. 518. Eastern Tennessee: Chickamauga. — While Grant wasoccupied about Vicksburg, important events were taking placein the eastern partof Tennessee. InJune, Rosecrans,who had beenmuch criticised forinactivity after thebattle of StoneRiver, broke up hisencampment in thevicinity of Murf rees-borough. Bragg wasa few miles tothe south, at Shel-byville, but wassoon forced to fallback on Chatta-nooga. Rosecransthen moved so fararound Braggs armyto the south thatthe Confederate com-mander deemed it prudent to evacuate Chattanooga and with-draw some twelve miles into Georgia. Rosecrans hastened topursue; but Bragg, after receiving reenforcements under Long-street from Virginia, turned upon his pursuers. Rosecrans drewback toward Chattanooga, and at Chickamauga was vigorouslyattacked by Bragg. The battle raged furiously for two days,September 19 and 20, and was one of the most sanguinary ofthe war. The Union forces were finally driven from the field.^. General George H. Thomas. 1 The array of Rosecrans, according to official returns, numbered 56,965;that of Bragg, 71,551. The losses of Eosecrans were 16,179; those of Bragg,17,804. See Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, Vol. III., pp. 673-676. 412 THE CAMPAIGNS OF 1863. [§518 General George H. Thomas/ who, like Admiral Farragut, was aSouthern officer that took the Union side, greatly distinguishedhimself by withstanding the final assaults on the center, andso delayed the pursuit that the Union army was able to with-draw in fair condition into Chattanooga. For this service,Thomas was afterwards called The Kock of Chickamauga. 519. The Situation at Chattanooga.—East of Chattanooga^at a distance of about three miles, is situated a long, high hill,rising almost to the magnitude of a mountain, known as Mis-sionary Ridge; while south of the city another elevation,known as Lookout Mountain, rises about seventeen hundredfeet. On these two heights, overl
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